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PowerISO

Commercial by PowerISO Computing, Inc | Link to website

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN. More info »

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SpawnHappyJake-image

Here are some Linux commands to get info that PowerISO tells you about ISOs and even more than PowerISO gives: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/getting-volume-information-from-cds-iso-images/#comment-55932 With those, CDemu, and ImgBurn in WINE, you shouldn't miss PowerISO at all. AcetoneISO has the same darn problem as PowerISO - doesn't actually emulate a CD drive...grrrrrr. The only functionality missing is compressing isos. Ironically, there is PowerISO for Linux and Acetone can compress ISOs. Grrrr. Grumble grumble grumble.

 
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SpawnHappyJake-image

I have SERIOUS beef with this program. One of the few programs I have encountered that is straight up bad.

First, it does NOT emulate a CD drive. I honestly don't know WHAT it's doing. It only makes a drive letter show up - no emulated hardware behind it. This is THE ONLY iso mounter tool that I know of that does not emulate a CD reader (hardware), other than Unix pseudo-devices, which are ok because they're a different case. It makes iTunes think a blank CD was inserted, which shows that it's doing something screwy.

Trust me, I'm usually not a troll, but this is the one program I hate (along with KernSafe Total Mounter).

Also, when you tell it to mount a floppy disc image, the mount looks like a CD, and it claims to be able to edit CD images, which I'm pretty sure isn't possible. It probably saves the changes you want to make to an image, extracts parts of the image file, edits those parts, builds a new image, then replaces your old one. NEVER REPLACE THE ORIGINAL!

Why not use VirtualClone Drive or WinCDEmu for mounting?!? And maybe ImgBurn for other needs? If you want an altered version of a CD, just extract the components, and rebuild it, like with ImgBurn or something, without a 300 MB limit and for free. Why does it not emulate hardware like CDemu, VirtualCloneDrive, MagicDisc, PhantomCD, Daemon Tools, Gismo Manager, WinCDEmu, or anyone else?

I prefer Linux, and just use CDemu when actual emulation is required.

 
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42 times lighter than Nero, 3 times faster than Daemon Tools.
You've been told now.

 
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DevilishVicious-image

Well, even with the free alternatives I can´t find myself letting go of this commercial software. It simply has all that I need to mount, convert, edit and burn all kinds of image/ISO files. I've tried similar applications but no other seems to do exactly everything this one does. Been using it for years now, and I think it will be that way for years to come. For me it's the best software of this kind. Recommended!

 
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